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Read-mRd SAE Dance Friday ogy Building Needs See Page Three UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SIX PAGE EDITION TODAY CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No.42 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 6, 1947 Founded 190 WUS( Mixed Chorus Presents Song Hour At Noon The University Mixed Chorus, making Its first group appear ance of the semester before the student body, will present a full hour of music 'in the university chapel at noon today. The chorus, under the direction of Robert L. Van Doren, consists of 17 female and 13 male voices, and has been on tour of South Carolina high schools since the last part of April. The program to be presented consists of the following selec tions: Chorus: Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus), Palestrina; Only Be gotten Son, Gretchaninoff. University Quartet (DeLoach, Taylor, Thompson, Barnes): Wake Thee Now Dearest, Czecho-Slovak Folk Song; Come to the Fair, Mar tin. Miss Hendley, Soprano: Ave Maria from "Othello", Verdi; Love Went A-Riding, Bridge. Chorus: Now is the Month of Maying, English Madrigal; As Torrents in Summer, Elgar; My Bonny Lass, She Smileth, English Madrigal. Quartet: The Drum, Gibson; Student Logic, Then And Now, Smith. .Mis Phaeey, Pianist: Waltz in A Flat, Chopin; The Gates of Kiev from "Pictures at an Exhibition", Moussorgsky. Chorus: The Brook, Arkhangel sky; Annie Laurie, Mansfield; The Sleigh, Kountz. Members of the chorus singing today are as follows: Henrietta Addy, Ann Askew, Scott Barnes, Betty Battle, Sara Jane Benson, Elma Sue Brickle, Eunice Byrd, I Charles DeLoach, Jackie Ham- l mond, Hellen Hendley, David Hub bard, Bobby Magoulas, Florence McAbee, Herbert McFarland, George Metropol, Bettie Moore, Conway Owings, Wallace Owings, i Mary Ridgeway, Harriette Roof, Russell Shaw, Beverley Smith, 1 Marilyn Smith, George Stuckey, Henry Taylor, Edward Thompson, Mary Tucker, Joanne Weaver, Jack Westmoreland, and Georgette Xepapas. The Chorus will complete their tour of state high schools with visits to Camden, Bishopville and Hartsville on May 8, and to Flor ence on May 9. Blue Keys To Hold Annual Initiation Tomorrow Evening~ The members of Blue Key, honor and leadership fraternity on the campus, will hold their annual initiation banquet tomorrow in the Palmetto room of the Wade Hampton Hotel at 7:30 p. m. *The affair will be semi-formal and will honor six newly elected members of the fraternity. These persons, whose names will be dis closed at the banquet, were se lected on a basis of leadership, .gxtce, character, and scholar ship. Only m&le students who have 60 credits and who have maintain ed a scholastic average above all men's average for the preceding semester or for their cumulative average of all credits, are eligible for membership. The present offLcers of the fra grn ity are: Dave Williams, presi dent; Bob Wickham, vice-presi dent; Bill Rogers, secretary-treas urer; Pete Konduras, correspond ing secretary; and Dick Breeland, " M Here are some shots of the campt rop row: (Left), a view of some student who served as an announc discussing last minute plans for tl premiere broadcast over WKIX fr< Dr. Guy E. Sn; Here At Intern Dr. Guy E. Snavely, presid< [nternational Affairs, will be t the Southern Council on pens here Sunday at Trinity Snavely, who is executive di tion of Colleges, was born his A.B. degree from Johns Hop. kins in 1901. He has served as president of Birmingham Southern College and Converse College in 3partanburg. He has been director of the col ege association since 1937, and a a member of Phi Beta Kappa, 3micron Delta Kappa, Phi Sig na Iota and the Rotary Club. Clark M. Eichelberger, lecturer )m international affairs, will open he conference at Trinity Church mf Sunday at 8 p. m. He will re lace Seiiator Leverett Saltonstali >f Massachusetts who was origi ially scheduled to appear on this rogram. Other speakers for the two-day nleeting include such national fig ires as Ellis Briggs, Malcolm W. Davis, Charles Nutter, William stone, Lady Worsley-Taylor and lovernor J. Strom Thurmond. Members of the university fac ilty who are serving on commit ees include Dr. John McConaughy, )ean F. W. Bradley, and Dr. S. W(. Derrick. flass Penny Jennings of Columbia, ast Thursday at 7 p. mn., In the if 1947. MIsa Sara Bull of Georga .3r '0 . is radio station as taken by Photogr performers receiving their cue from er. Bottom row: (Left), WUSC wor e opening broadcast. Right: The Ca >m Drayton Hall on June 4. Insert a ively To Speak Lational Council ant of the Southern Council on one of the featured speakers International Relations which Church. rector of the American Associ Dctober 26, 1881 and received Early Registration For Summer Term Will Begin Today Early registratio,n for the 1947 summer term begins today and continues tomorrow and Thurs day, Capt. R. C. Needham, reg istrar, has announced. Forms will be issued at the reg istrar's office during this period to all students except those in the graduate, law and engineering schools. They will be Issued for these schools at the offices of the deans. Regular registration for the summer term will begin June 9. The session will continue through August 30. Captain Needham has also an nounced that there will be no early registration for the summer school. CAROLINA MAY ( seated on the throne, was erowned Naval Armory as the May Queen town, the maid of honor, Is on the AT 0 Air TI apher Stan Lewis at the official opening the control booth. Right: Rocky Mason kers, led by Sid Wise, first CBC president rolina Cavaliers as they appeared durin hot: Sue Rives, staff worker, typing a s Screening Center To Interview Students n To be Held this Week q ve Beginning Thursday, and con- th tinuing through Friday and Sat urday of this week, a "Roving Screening Center" from the War Department will be on the campus to accept and process applications O from former Army officers in C senior and graduate classes who desire appointment as Regular T Army officers. coul The groups of officers will be sun in McCutcheon House on Thurs- The day in rooms 24, 25 and 26 from Wil 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. On Friday the scul officers will continue Interviews H in the same rooms, with Satur- Coll scl day's meetings being in rooms 24, ofuI 26 and 21. stit This group is the second to visit He the campus in connection with the Met proposed establishment of an Yor Army ROTC unit on the campus. Wa: Methods for obtaining these Wo> commissions In the regular army seui were presented to the student body nun at a special assembly hold last S Thursday in the Chapel. At that tor time, officers from the Second Gall Army and from the Citadel dis- give cussed the Army integration pro- wor gram and the proposed ROTC H unit. mod All students interested are urged mici to meet with the group in Mc- Yag Cutcheon House. , fine UEEN CROWNED immediate right of the Queen with Presi left, surrounded by the court of attei Stan Lewis. .. ...:E Th in der '] da) res red Ho "ve C prof adec trar Pres Leg cam be N thei tion TI day Lac will cord and WU SI tinu hop4 Ma, mis: of WUSC almost a year ago. bros it the turntable, a former V-12 S (standing behind microphone), in F one of their numbers at the cript for the program. Eng stai on ANNOUNCEMENT riva Veterans who are graduating whi June and who paid the rental frec a for caps and gowns are re- C ested by Joe Lawrence, uni- of rsity postmaster, to come by prol e post office for refunds. Har son seps immer School has of 1 fers Sculpture he c not mrse By Hirsch yet. Fut he university will offer a B 'se in sculpture during the that imer school, President Nor- prof i M. Smith, announced today. afte new course will be taught by plet liam Hirsch, distinguished will ptor of Charleston. Qu irsch was graduated from the nex ege of Charleston and studied tion pture at the National Academy call )esign and the Beaux Arts In- forr ite of Design in New York. held has exhibited his works at the asi ropolitan Museum in New k, the Corcoran Gallery in Vc ihington, the New York T -1d's Fair, the American Mu- cepi n of Natural History, and in visi< 'erous group shows. nus, *nce 1945 he has been instruc- mos in sculpture at the Gibbes Art fror ery in Charleston which has thrc n several one man shows of his tion k. the irsch will teach sculpture, clay meti elling, wood carving, and cera- to I , according to Prof. Edmund wor hijan, head of the university Aim arts department. stae -theri linej be ......... ...... wor cam coul last I~It ter, this *vice # 3 rect marn SMik, inst: and CI gin. ~ the who pni TI dent Norman M. Smith on her al idanta. (USC newa photo by affe Afte ngineer Terms est Broadcast " By MIKE KAR ,arolina's campus radio station, ursday from 3 to 7 p. m. in wha a series of experimental broad t of the Carolina Broadcasting 'he first four-hour test broadc beginning at 4 p. m., without ults of this first program to I brick building located be] use, were termed by Chief Er ry good." arter reports that last week's MD ram was designed to test the juacy of the newly installed smission lines leading to iton, Wauchope-McKissick and are dormitories. These three pus buildings were the first to Ri vired for reception because of sore r proximity to the radio sta- conj cock mn e four-hour broadcast Thurs- me will be under the direction of For r Butler, program director, and B, feature new and old disc re- Boo ings, campus news comments a brief presentation of dent SC's history. age iort trial broadcasts will con- men e daily until then and it is 1. d that Rutledge, Burney and in :cy, will be wired for trans- 2. ion in time for the 3 p. m. the Acast. subi tudents are reminded to tune Guii WUSC through their radios. Clul ineer Carter reports that the mitt ion is temporarily operating Tl 1000 kilocycles until the ar- atel: 1 of the necessary crystal fift( :h will place it on a permanent hors uency basis of 640 kilocycles. the arter stated at the conclusion 0 the first test program: "The to t) >lem of wiring Sims, Wade Nur npton and the Wallace Thom- give Infirmary, all of which are havi Lrated from the main campus, "the been solved through the use etc. 10-volt power lines. However," Tl ,ontinued, "these buildings will be be wired for quite some time pres J. ire Plans C. ill Bennett, president, reports Mrs the station will begin to air en; trams on a regular basis soon the r all test broadcasts are com- Bab ed. Bennett hopes that WUSC be able to broadcast the T een For A Day" festivities v week, along with local sta- T WNOK. Ambitious plans now for the broadcast of the in- Tl ial student body dance to bea that night at the Field House sat he culmination of the affair, fal saitudes pros bie campus station had its in- The ion last spring under the super thro m of Sid Wise, now an alum- tern Its auspicious debut, held al- the t a year ago, was broadcast TI i Drayton Hall and carried proc ugh the facilities of local sta- ous WKIX. However, a delay in cam arrival of necessary equip- T} t proved WUSC's existence the >e short lived. This semester, with < on the station was resumed. stor: ost every known type of ob- weel le in the field of radio, among grot i the coupling of transmission to the transmitter, had to overcome before the first Is--"This is the voice of your pus radio station, WUSC" :I be carried over the air waves .St Saturday. Da addition to Bennett and Car-D officers and personnel for Cl term include Lacy Butler, president and program di- I >r; Richter Moore, business Eu ager; Gene Spears, treasurer; Mungo, chief announcer and W4 -uctor of announcing classes; Mackie Quave, faculty adviser. inter assumed his present en- E ering duties last week upon Bo resignation of Frank Thrift was instrumental in obtain- Ce most of the equipment now in Vernon Taylor and Bob Car- Ku er, serve as assistant trans Ion line wirers. ae campus building from which " broadcasts originate has been etionately nicknamed by the8 fas the "ontna Buin." 'noon Saturday's Very Good" /ELAS WUSC, will go on the air t is expected to be the last casts, Bill Bennett, presi Company, has announced. ast was aired last Satur my advance publicity. The broadcast from the little iind Wauchope-Mckissick gineer Marvin Carter, as 2ueen Day" 5 Feature mby Contest iles for the Baby Contest spon l by the Co-Ed Association in unction with Dr. Havilah Bab , head of the English depart t, as a feature of the "Queen a Day" celebration on May have been announced by the ter Club. e club states that any stu -parent is invited and encour I to enter his child. According he group, the only require ts are: The child must be an infant iapers. The name of the child and names of the parents must be mitted by May 10 to Ben Mc in, chairman of the Booster "Queen For A Day" com ee, Box 2564, campus mail. e contest will be held immedi ' after the radio show on the enth at 2:15 p. m., on the eshoe of the main campus of university. re grand prize will be awarded ze baby selected by the judges. ierous other awards will be n to the babies selected as ng the "prettiest dimples," curliest hair," the "fattest," ie judges for the contest will Admiral Norman M. Smith, ident of the university; Gov. trom Thurmond; Dr. Frank Owens, mayor of Columbia; Arney Childs, dean of wom the co-ed who is selected as "Queen For A Day;" and Dr. ock. iiversity Hour > Resume In Fall e "University Hour," a regu Sunday broadcast over local on WIS will be resumed in the term, Ray A. Furr, station ram director, has announced. programs will continue ugh the closing of the present i and will be off the air during summer months. ie broadcast is written by, uced by and introduces vari personalities on the university pus. Le programs include "News of Week at USC;" interviews the "professor of the week;" es on the "student of the C;" and a student musical p. Ca rolinda r TUESDAY, MAY 6 dent Assembly, 12 noon, hapel. rlington-Carolina Club, 6:30 i. in., Legare 101. riosophle Literary Society, p. in., Clariosophic Hall, Le rare. phradian Literary Society, 7 a. mn., Euphradian Hall, larper. >men's Athletic Association, p. mn., Sims Music Room. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 h~tOmor Council, 1 p. mn., ater Club, 4:30 p. m., Flin lall. -Ed AssocIation, 5 p. a., Eu shradian Hall, Harper ppa P1 Art Praternty 5p. in., 3rd floor, McKisslekU.2 THIURSDAY, MAY 8 CabInet, 1 p. a., Filinn HalL. 'amming Pool Open, 4.6 p. a. mrtanburg Coataty Club, 7 p. n-. Legae 161.